{"id":17645,"date":"2011-02-01T16:50:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T20:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=17645"},"modified":"2011-02-01T17:40:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T21:40:31","slug":"events-guide-mobility-pricing-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/02\/01\/events-guide-mobility-pricing-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Guide: Mobility Pricing Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3271\/2580314599_50751040dd_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transportfutures.ca\/mobility\">Mobility Pricing Conference<br \/>\n<\/a>WHEN: Thursday, February 3, 2011<br \/>\nWHERE: The Metropolitan Hotel, <a href=\"http:\/\/metropolitan.com\/toronto\/directions.asp\">108 Chestnut Street<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An interesting group of academics, researchers and transportation experts have been assembled\u00a0by Transport Futures for what promises to be a fascinating discussion on congestion pricing and other methods of managing travel demands in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>International research and experience has demonstrated that, like road pricing, these fiscal measures can be set by government in order to modify driver behaviour, raise earmarked revenue for transportation infrastructure and assist in making bureaucracies more efficient, transparent and accountable to the public. These worthy objectives are not easy to achieve and lead to several difficult questions:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Is the current tax generation system more equitable than paying for government services when they are consumed (as is considered normal when purchasing private goods and services)?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Why do Canadians view user fees as inequitable or as a double tax \u2013 be it for transportation, health, education or other government services?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>How can parking fees, transit fares, gas taxes and road tolls be established to ensure equity and efficiency? How do they compare with other taxes that are not directly linked to transportation (e.g. regional sales taxes, income tax)?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>What role does politics play when setting mobility prices?<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>We will answer these questions &#8212; and many more &#8212; with the assistance of the following international and national experts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Dr. Lisa Schweitzer<\/strong>, School of Policy, Planning, &amp; Development, University of Southern California<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Mr. Bruno Jacques<\/strong>, Transport Canada<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Dr. David King<\/strong>, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning &amp; Preservation, Columbia University<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Dr. Keith Neuman<\/strong>, Environics Research Group Ltd.<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Dr. Roger von Haefen<\/strong>, Center for Environmental &amp; Resource Economic Policy, North Carolina State University<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Professor Harry Kitchen<\/strong>, Department of Economics, Trent University<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Dr. Jeff Casello<\/strong>, School of Planning &amp; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Mr. Peter Mills<\/strong>, Perrin Thorau &amp; Associates<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Mr. Ralph Bond<\/strong>, BA Consulting Group<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Dr. Brendon Hemily<\/strong>, Hemily &amp; Associates<\/em><\/p>\n<p>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aubreyarenas\/2580314599\/\">Aubrey Arenas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: Mobility Pricing Conference WHEN: Thursday, February 3, 2011 WHERE: The Metropolitan Hotel, 108 Chestnut Street An interesting group of academics, researchers and transportation experts have been assembled\u00a0by Transport Futures for what promises to be a fascinating discussion on congestion pricing and other methods of managing travel demands in the region. International research and experience<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/02\/01\/events-guide-mobility-pricing-conference\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Events Guide: Mobility Pricing Conference&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,8],"tags":[17003,17011,17000,17005,1453,16997,12131,13215,427,17009,8866,17012,17004,16999,17008,12135,370,16996,17013,17007,17010,219,818,17001,16998,12132,17002,9975,849,4406,13403,17014,17006,17016,6177,17015],"class_list":["post-17645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-traffic","category-transit","tag-development-2","tag-ba-consulting-group","tag-brendon-hemily","tag-center-for-environmental-resource-economic-policy","tag-columbia-university","tag-david-king","tag-department-of-civil-engineering","tag-department-of-economics","tag-driver","tag-environics-research-group-ltd","tag-gas-taxes","tag-government-services","tag-graduate-school","tag-harry-kitchen","tag-hemily-associates","tag-jeff-casello","tag-king","tag-lisa-schweitzer","tag-metropolitan-hotel","tag-north-carolina-state-university","tag-perrin-thorau-associates","tag-planning-2","tag-professor","tag-ralph-bond","tag-roger-von-haefen","tag-school-of-planning","tag-school-of-policy","tag-southern-california","tag-transportation","tag-transportation-infrastructure","tag-trent-university","tag-university-dr-keith-neuman","tag-university-of-southern-california","tag-university-of-southern-california-mr-bruno-jacques","tag-university-of-waterloo","tag-university-of-waterloo-mr-peter-mills"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Events Guide: Mobility Pricing Conference - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/02\/01\/events-guide-mobility-pricing-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Events Guide: Mobility Pricing Conference - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WHAT: Mobility Pricing Conference WHEN: Thursday, February 3, 2011 WHERE: The Metropolitan Hotel, 108 Chestnut Street An interesting group of academics, researchers and transportation experts have been assembled\u00a0by Transport Futures for what promises to be a fascinating discussion on congestion pricing and other methods of managing travel demands in the region. 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